2026-07-29T20:05:47+02:00 https://nostr.ae jack the nonabrasive https://nostr.ae/npub190hw6z8jyn32ekw0vxusmuxmctcg0kn2069mvj3927vxzs5zdyssj99wch https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/108/196/212/828/711/423/original/ece5e2c311ea9e1f.jpeg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/108/196/212/828/711/423/original/ece5e2c311ea9e1f.jpeg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgp9pgd9n7a5z2k925ejyvn5mqpeqm0y4spdmzd204cve82rl9tlczyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzya7l4a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqfj7fagxl0n8qv4u0jy293mt04qfdf4g40e2jlwf6knrddwhykqqfgl678'>nevent1q…l678</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>At 16:00, Cole seems to confirm that the field operators were using _actual snack bags_ (Doritos or equivalent) as Faraday cages. That&#39;s not misuse of a hard-to-use tech, that&#39;s a kind of a cargo-cult attitude and a real training &amp; supply failure. It points to how hard it is to train &amp; supply assets with proper tech: were they given real bags? Did they leave them behind and improvise?<br/><br/>ETA: They also left the phones powered on at night, in their hotels! YIKES! 2026-06-29T17:02:06+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswcn6zcpyladgsuhc6ur4m42c0cdkw4kyj57rhr9yqf5sfdd36nkgzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzu039qj Friends of friends run a vineyard. They forwarded this GFM for Moises Sotelo, owner of a vineyard services company, who was detained by ICE.<br/><br/>I donated. Hope you can, and will forward this to others who might help.<br/><br/><a href="https://gofund.me/c7abf858">https://gofund.me/c7abf858</a> 2025-06-15T20:29:15+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstqx2esspfu0hs4vkdgh4wspq923gr3rhf35yjc3e6mczfssxmcrczyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jza7sfw0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstzyd202uxxazjg65kzvam7rwk2entn0h3gfr8nxsdfznldxxnfgsxq0svj'>nevent1q…0svj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Interesting that the American version adds an &#34;e&#34; to the end. The contemporary newspaper article indicated a much less vibrant blue for the fashion side. 2025-06-09T05:34:23+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstj9hp83mpxqnp2j2gywczzrqcjnl6453gwlqpvh047ay4x074wqszyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzg7ak7a Reading The Maltese Falcon and utterly failing to find what color blue the &#34;artoise&#34; gown Brigid O&#39;Shaughnessy wears is.<br/><br/>Anyone? <br/><br/>#Noir<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-06-07T17:50:20+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxlvh4avm3p3j2e4jh207gzfhl5sgwdl27fmy8yjvp7aq2w8m0n6qzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jz8q2hxw It took until ep 5, but now I understand that #Murderbot is one of the best #StarTrek properties that explicitly talks about fandom since #GalaxyQuest 2025-06-07T04:22:20+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8rre9ne5l2jpnlylygwtd0cjp05smxdng5cyfx0s6kts3fzklhxczyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jz6h4cht Seriously, if you are enjoying #Andor this season, read #SurrenderOnDemand by #VarianFry. Ghorman is Marseilles and they&#39;ve literally named a character Varian Skye.<br/><br/>Note: Fry&#39;s lieutenant in the book goes by an alias. He&#39;s actually Albert Hirschmann, writer of of Exit, Voice, and Loyalty.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-05-01T21:58:56+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszrpz9shu5e4xnxnqfe7qwk2fsjnqun5k5ht550aes45e4am9tqcqzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzayec23 Tolstoy to Americans, June 21, 1900<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/107/387/144/363/281/original/f40516843806ac64.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-05T03:09:26+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrpy3h7c5w6cs0uynglj0ynjutuujg9h2r5w2dh939xual4trheuczyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jz59swff In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswewp4r6te9xkpdt4nn9d3cq6y9tjkys092c98lxh03nahxg2068qszsx3u'>nevent1q…sx3u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I just finished it. I can&#39;t believe it hasn&#39;t been optioned for a movie or series yet. 2025-02-07T02:46:22+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgyw4y5h7dryzhlvzekqr50kxxz7wrthah7w6y8yw0my78gyw0lfczyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jz7pw83q Finished up Grace Lee Boggs&#39;s autobiography Living for Change. What a tour through 20th Century radicalism! <br/><br/>Now reading Kate Beaton&#39;s Ducks, about her time working in the oil sands 20ya. It&#39;s a graphic novel. Very good so far.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-06T23:43:36+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszyjrmelddhgnvvzj9ewt72cm3vv8zprqk5smt5nwfjvam8mlpetqzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzww274n With us finally having met Anna in 1.17 today, we note that we&#39;ve encountered 100 characters before we met her.<br/><br/>That is now known as a &#34;Tolstoy&#34;: the number of characters one must encounter in a work of fiction before one meets the eponymous main character. <br/><br/>100 characters is &#34;one Tolstoy&#34;. <br/><br/>For example:<br/><br/>Bridget Jones&#39;s Diary is 0 Tolstoys. <br/><br/>Nicholas Nickelby is .04 Tolstoys.<br/><br/>Nicholas Nickelby is also 40 millitolstoys.<br/><br/>Join us at <br/>#AK2025 <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-23T22:04:37+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyu7nqe7tf6ljrq4tx0mel3e0kk0g5n963y73dvnard35h3j9fudqzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jz6uq6dk Reminder to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span> that you can still join. We&#39;re at chapter 1.15, less than 65 pages in!<br/><br/>From: <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub190hw6z8jyn32ekw0vxusmuxmctcg0kn2069mvj3927vxzs5zdyssj99wch" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>jack the nonabrasive</span> (<span class="italic">npub190h…9wch</span>)</a></span><br/><a href="https://mastodon.social/@karabaic/113715693870400847">https://mastodon.social/@karabaic/113715693870400847</a> 2025-01-22T02:54:11+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsplf6ewsc98l3kps04u60hg4avkce8m2zwaqcjnjs64sjfg0th2dczyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzh3j2v7 Bicycles are fucking magic<br/><br/>From Goa: A Daughter&#39;s Story by Maria Aurora Couto<br/><br/>The speaker is Dr Xencora Camotim, AKA Shankar Kamat &amp; Priti Camotim<br/><br/>#bikes 🚲 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ny7qwqnkw6pg4m0uegzrdzwrckapzq7v7zku9p28hgv5aflvg8fq7zuv57" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bookstodon group</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ny7…uv57</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/862/661/421/042/578/original/926de246e9b9ae4b.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-01-20T21:53:30+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0jt36vn98krz0pz67z72jwk7wwuf0gzzwemfr6v0hfhvr4pxa0nczyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzxt2hkq &#34;Go lick a boot, Mark.&#34;<br/><br/>made me llol 2025-01-18T23:31:47+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz33hvptk6r9qzws9n050lmfzncymg2x5uvds8dhr86xl399qrmfgzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jz88gkxh January Jones has a real Jean Wallace vibe <br/><br/>#TheBigCombo<br/><br/>#NoirAlley<br/><br/>#TCMParty 2024-11-17T07:04:40+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxwufm9mq00jhsygam9ujztt9u637v8kge8zj9akz85qpuj7pvufqzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jz6fvpcj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9gr28x99xga2q5aer725ta8tf2akvqw06j0fgpy288gn709x3g6q52wnkj'>nevent1q…wnkj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Curious... did you ever find something? 2024-11-11T06:44:48+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs929qcaeucnvkuxcuqlyxcsv7d54nccghtfzarcm30zrvju2zh9fgzyq47amgg7gjw9txeeasmjr0sm0p0pp76dflghdj2y4tesc2zsf5jzf6l29s tired: swift boating<br/>wired: Swifties voting 2024-09-11T06:25:00+02:00